Brouwers Verzet in Brouwerij De Ranke

Before Brouwerij ’t Verzet had its own brewhouse, three Ghent-trained brewers built their identity as Brouwers Verzet: a hands-on beer project made in borrowed facilities. De Ranke in Dottenijs became their principal brewing home from 2012, giving the young brewers room to develop their own recipes while working under the watchful eye of an established Belgian brewery. A beer firm with its own hands on the controls Alex Lippens, Joran Van Ginderachter and Koen Vanlancker graduated together from Ghent’s brewing school in 2008. Their weekend experiments grew into a commercial project, but buying a brewhouse was initially beyond reach. They first brewed at Het Gulden Spoor in 2011, then moved production to Brouwerij De Ranke in Dottenijs in 2012. The brewers themselves operated the installation and retained control of their recipes and experiments. From borrowed brewhouse to independent brewery The De Ranke period was part of a deliberate progression rather than a claim that De Ranke was the creator of Brouwers Verzet’s beers. The trio also began brewing part of their range at Brouwerij Toye in 2013, while working toward their own facility. That independent brewery opened in Anzegem in 2016, after which the project became known as Brouwerij ’t Verzet. Brouwers Verzet’s defining heritage is a self-directed brewing project that grew from borrowed Belgian brewhouses into its own brewery. Anzegem, West Flanders, Belgium; early production was brewed at Het Gulden Spoor in Gullegem and, from 2012, at Brouwerij De Ranke in Dottenijs. 2011 2008: Alex Lippens, Joran Van Ginderachter and Koen Vanlancker graduated together from Ghent’s brewing school. 2011: The Brouwers Verzet project began commercial brewing at Brouwerij Het Gulden Spoor in Gullegem. 2012: Production moved to Brouwerij De Ranke in Dottenijs, where the trio brewed their own recipes on De Ranke’s installation. 2013: Part of the production also began at Brouwerij Toye. 2016: The group opened its own brewery in Anzegem and developed into Brouwerij ’t Verzet.